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JOHN SCHNAEDTER: ACCORDING TO WTAE.COM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY SUSPENDED AFTER ARREST FOR ALLEGEDLY PUNCHING HIS GIRLFRIEND ON A MOUNT WASHINGTON STREET
— 2/17/2017

Pittsburgh, PA - The executive director of the Republican Committee of Allegheny County has been suspended and is facing a criminal charge for allegedly punching his girlfriend on a Mount Washington street last weekend.

John Schnaedter, 36, was arrested Saturday on a misdemeanor simple assault charge. He has been serving as executive director since 2015, according to party officials.

According to a criminal complaint, Schnaedter and his 25-year-old girlfriend were in his vehicle parked on Bailey Avenue and were fighting so loudly that a witness at a nearby house could hear the victim screaming. The witness also said he could see punches being thrown inside the vehicle, and then saw the girlfriend laying on the sidewalk.

Pittsburgh police officers said they found the woman sitting in the passenger seat of the vehicle. She told them that Schnaedter "pulled her out of the vehicle and punched her," according to the criminal complaint. Officers noted she had "a small scratch on her chin and a small bruise on her lower lip."

The woman told police Schnaedter walked away from the car, heading toward their apartment several blocks away. Police went to the apartment to find Schnaedter, and said they had to ring his doorbell several times before he came outside.

In the criminal complaint, investigators said the victim blamed herself because “she antagonized him.” She also declined to file for a protection from abuse order and, according to police, became uncooperative when officers said Schnaedter would have to be arrested or a warrant issued for him.

Schnaedter is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Thursday. No one answered the door at his house Tuesday.

D. Raja, chairman of the Republican Committee of Allegheny County, was said to be out of the country Tuesday. A statement that was attributed to him said, "The Republican Committee of Allegheny County and I take the recent police reports involving John Schnaedter very seriously, and we have suspended Mr. Schnaedter until his Thursday court hearing when a final decision will be made. We do not condone the behavior outlined in the police report, and these allegations are inconsistent with the values of our committee."

The committee's vice chairman, Dave Majernik, said by phone that the Schnaedter case "is disappointing to us." Majernik also said party leaders "need to look into this more closely because there are two sides to every story."

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